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The Price of Public Health Care Insurance, 2022 – Lake Superior News

Canadian family will reach almost $16,000 this year

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO ~~~~~  August 9, 2022 (LSNews)  A typical Canadian family of four will pay an estimated $15,847 for public health-care insurance this year, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.

“Canadians pay a substantial amount of money for health care through a variety of taxes—even if we don’t pay directly for medical services,” said Bacchus Barua, director of health policy studies at the Fraser Institute and co-author of The Price of Public Health Care Insurance, 2022

Most Canadians are unaware of the true cost of health care because they never see a bill for medical services, may only be aware of partial costs collected via employer health taxes and contributions (in provinces that impose them), and because general…

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